Google's Sergey Brin Talks on Gmail's Future

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Google's Brin Talks on Gmail Future

Google's Brin Talks on Gmail Future 04/23/2004 09:52 PM
Gmail is Google's latest, and perhaps most powerful, entry in the search giant's portfolio of Web apps. Google co-founder and president Sergey Brin talked about Gmail in an exclusive conversation with eWEEK's Steve Gillmor.

Google's Brin Talks Privacy and More

Google's Brin Talks Privacy and More 04/24/2004 06:31 PM

My older, wiser brother Steve has posted an interview with Google's Sergey Brin. Interesting stuff.

Google's Brin Talks on Gmail Future

Google's Brin Talks on Gmail Future 04/26/2004 09:48 PM
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Sergey Brin in Drag

Sergey Brin in Drag 04/09/2004 03:56 PM

Sergey Brin in Drag - EXCLUSIVE on Google Weblog

Sergey Brin in drag on Hot or Not

Sergey Brin in drag on Hot or Not 04/09/2004 04:07 PM
Another meme spreads round the web, the Sergey pic is on Hot or Not: Is Sergey HOT or NOT?...

Sergey Brin Gives LinuxWorld Keynote

Sergey Brin Gives LinuxWorld Keynote 08/15/2002 09:41 AM
Sergey Brin gave the keynote at LinuxWorld, which explained how and why Google used Linux for their 10,000-machine server farm. Some press coverage is below. Let me know if you find any other articles. Wired: Linux Feels the Corporate Love. "Imagine heading up a company that's powered by 10,000 Linux servers," Martin Felts, a systems security manager, said. "Logically, I knew it's not like Sergey can just muck around with Google's machinery whenever he has a whim, but still. I think everyone who heard his speech wanted to become Brin for at least a day." Infoworld: Google gives testimony to Linux scalability. '"We, on a daily basis, even get queries from Antarctica," Brin said. Google probably gets queries from the international space station as well, he said.'...

Sergey Brin in Drag - EXCLUSIVE

Sergey Brin in Drag - EXCLUSIVE 04/09/2004 03:54 PM
Privacy advocates have often discussed Google allows your past to haunt you. Any careless mistake or childish prank is preserved on the Internet, forever, available for anyone curious enough to do a Google search. Well, the problem has really hit home -- so to speak -- for Google's own founder, Sergey Brin, whose college website once included a photo of him in drag. It's tempting to laugh about how this will completely derail Google's IPO, and joke about how good Sergey looks in a Speedo, but I think we as a society need to move beyond our embarrassment, and admit that all founders of major companies did some pretty silly things in college -- the only difference is that Sergey was dumb enough to put them on the Web for all eternity. Thanks to alterego for the tip about the pictures....

Larry Page And Sergey Brin: Information
At Warp Speed

Larry Page And Sergey Brin: Information
At Warp Speed 01/03/2005 07:10 PM

Google's Brin Promises Safari
Compatibility For Gmail

Google's Brin Promises Safari
Compatibility For Gmail 04/26/2004 11:53 AM

Google's Page and Brin Top Innovators of
Past 75 Years

Google's Page and Brin Top Innovators of
Past 75 Years 01/03/2005 02:43 PM
Search Engine Lowdown Jan 3 2005 6:22PM GMT

UAL's Tilton 'Honest'; Playboy Bares
Google's Brin; Glaser Has Cure For Music
Piracy

UAL's Tilton 'Honest'; Playboy Bares
Google's Brin; Glaser Has Cure For Music
Piracy 08/27/2004 07:11 PM
Forbes Aug 27 2004 11:14PM GMT

Google's IPO and Talks With Microsoft

Google's IPO and Talks With Microsoft 11/01/2003 05:19 AM
BeSpacific Nov 1 2003 3:45AM ET

Is there a browser in Google's future?

Is there a browser in Google's future? 09/21/2004 01:11 PM
A slew of recent hires has led to some specualation that Google may be developing its own web browser. Could a Google browser challenge Internet Explorer's dominance?

US: Battle of wills over Google's future

US: Battle of wills over Google's future 04/28/2004 03:07 AM
Asia Media Apr 28 2004 7:06AM GMT

Building, keeping trust key to Google's
future

Building, keeping trust key to Google's
future 07/22/2004 06:03 AM
Staronline.com - Thu Jul 22, 09:09 am GMT

BBC in talks on Worldwide future

BBC in talks on Worldwide future 09/08/2004 09:05 AM
The BBC holds talks with Bertelsmann, Walt Disney and Time Warner but denies that the talks focused on the sale of BBC Worldwide.

Ben Goodger Talks About Mozilla Firefox
Future

Ben Goodger Talks About Mozilla Firefox
Future 03/14/2005 06:05 PM

EU Faces Possible Two-Speed Future as
Talks Fail

EU Faces Possible Two-Speed Future as
Talks Fail 12/13/2003 07:40 PM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 13 2003 6:33PM ET

PowerSchool prez talks product's
present, future

PowerSchool prez talks product's
present, future 03/06/2004 02:09 AM
By Dennis Sellers - PowerSchool, a wholly owned subsidiary of Apple, last month released PowerSchool SIS 3.7, the latest version of the Web-based, Mac and Windows compatible student information system for K-12 schools and school districts...

Amid Belt-Tightening, Microsoft Talks of
a Bright Future

Amid Belt-Tightening, Microsoft Talks of
a Bright Future 07/06/2004 08:08 PM
Steven A. Ballmer, Microsoft's chief, declared that the personal computer industry and his company are still growth businesses.

U.S. and United Nations Hold Talks on
Iraq's Future (Reuters)

U.S. and United Nations Hold Talks on
Iraq's Future (Reuters) 01/23/2004 12:16 AM
Reuters - Top U.S. government members held talks with United Nations envoy Lakhdar Brahimi at the White House on a possible U.N. role in Washington's planned handover of power to Iraqis in June.

Mozilla Foundation Holds Future Strategy
Talks with GNOME Foundation

Mozilla Foundation Holds Future Strategy
Talks with GNOME Foundation 04/26/2004 02:40 PM

Sergey at Supernova

Sergey at Supernova 12/12/2002 02:36 AM
Google co-founder spoke at the Supernova Conference this week. Doc Searls blogged it live (scroll down to "Sergey Brin"). Some interesting thoughts....

Sergey: Don't be evil.

Sergey: Don't be evil. 12/14/2002 08:15 PM
Wired: Google vs. Evil. Discusses Sergey Brin's role as the "moral compass" of Google, making sure they aren't evil....

Gmail's new promise

Gmail's new promise 04/15/2004 02:16 PM

I can't believe how much flak Google is getting over gmail. Hotmail and Yahoo feature 5 or more obnoxious ads on every page view, plus advertising in each and every mail they send out, but Google creates a better version of web mail and we have state representitives introd ucing laws to ban the service before it even launches.

Has the whole world gone crazy?!

They've gone and updated their policy at gmail, and it boggles my mind that they even have to go to such great lengths to explain how their subtle ads aren't the new red menace.

They should introduce a new promise for gmail users. Every message that gets sent to a gmail account will result in a kitten getting petted one time. They could rival the old fishcam at Netscape, by having a big room with a kitten-petting robot showing everyone how much love the kittens are getting from the PetBot2000. And remember, no humans would be involved in the kitten petting.

Would that make things better finally?

Brin and Templeton

Brin and Templeton 04/28/2004 11:31 AM
EWeek: Google's Brin Talks on Gmail Future The most interesting thing is that Google co-founder Sergey Brin knows Brad Templeton, an outspoken advocate of encrypted email, and they're discussing what to do. Sergey also says they plan to make Gmail public to everyone within three-to-six months, and an encrypted backend probably won't make it in by then. Templeton: The Gmail Saga. A good discussion of some privacy problems and solutions, but notice that Brad and the EFF haven't signed the anti-ads letter. I agree that the most important thing Google could do is encryption, and there are some simple steps that Google can take within their existing framework. First, they should immediately move everything to SSL. When I was at a conference last week, anyone could read my Gmail email, and with a little extra work, perhaps modify my account and things. With SSL, everything would be protected and encrypted. Second, they should use public-key encryption. (This part will be a bit technical.) When you create a Gmail account, your computer creates a keypair. The public key is sent to Google. The private key is encrypted with a password you choose, and the encrypted version is sent to Google. (Important: Google never gets your password.) When an email is received for your account, the server encrypts it with your public key before saving it. When you log into read it, you download your encrypted key, decrypt it with your password, and then your computer decrypts your mail with the resulting key as it's downloaded. (Already, all your mail goes through Gmail's JavaScript client to get processed and turned into HTML, so this won't be too hard to add on the client-side.) In this way, your mail is never stored in a way Google has access to. Third, they should investigate encrypting the indexes in a similar manner. If that's not possible or practical, they should do it the way Brad suggests (store them encrypted with a password sent to Google when you log in and deleted when you log out)....

Gmail's terms of service

Gmail's terms of service 04/09/2004 04:00 PM
Privacy advocates are getting all riled up over Gmail "terms of service". I kinda of had to laugh as if...

in praise of gmail's technology

in praise of gmail's technology 07/09/2004 12:12 AM
as always, the whining overshadowed some truly impressive coding

More on Gmail's Virtues and Dangers

More on Gmail's Virtues and Dangers 04/17/2004 09:57 AM

Tim O'Reilly finds much to praise in Google's upcoming Gmail service, and is much less concerned about the privacy issues than I am. We agree totally, however on a crucial issue: preventing data lock-in. He says:

"The big question to me isn't privacy, or control over software APIs, it's who will own the data. What's critical is that gmail makes a commitment to data migration capabilities, so the service isn't a one way door to the future. I want to be able to switch to alternate providers if the competition makes a better offer. The critical enabler is going to be the ability to extract my data and connections so that I can work with them on multiple devices, for example, syncing my laptop or phone with my gmail account rather than having to work only in a tethered fashion. I understand why gmail doesn't offer this feature now, but it's going to be essential in the long term."

Amen.

Gmail's Birthday Presents

Gmail's Birthday Presents 04/01/2005 11:30 AM

Gmail's Similarities To Gator

Gmail's Similarities To Gator 04/26/2004 02:13 AM
ClickZ has an article that points out for all the complaints about Google's Gmail offering, one area that people haven't really explored is how it's actually similar to Gator in certain ways. Of course, since so many people hate Gator, this will automatically be seen as a negative - but what people hate about Gator is that it gets installed without the user knowing it, which isn't the case with Gmail. Also, Gator covers up other sites with popups from competitors, while Gmail just place regular text ads off to the side. However, there are some similarities - and you can imagine that companies will get upset when they find out that next to their own email marketing there is an ad for a competitor. How long until a merchant sues? There have been a number of similar cases against Gator (and others) and the results have been mixed depending on the judge. I stand by my position that throwing up competitors ads by itself should be perfectly legal - as long as the user knows what's happening and the software hasn't been put on their machine without their knowledge. Still, not everyone sees it that way - and it's likely that an annoyed retailer will sue. Another option, as suggested by Jeremy Wagstaff, is that companies that advertise by email will move to alternatives like RSS. Of course, once Gmail adds an RSS news aggregator to their Gmail product they'll face the same issue. Maybe, instead of worrying so much about competitors' ads showing up, they should just focus on making sure their product is something people want.

Blinded by Gmail's Gigabyte?

Blinded by Gmail's Gigabyte? 04/16/2004 09:12 PM
Okay, this is getting too stupid. Even Tim O'Reilly seems to be sucked in by Google's reality distortion field now. I guess they've been taking lessons from Steve Jobs, because Tim usually isn't this easily excited by non-innovation. (Or maybe Tim was an early investor in Google? Anyone know?) Gmail is fascinating to me as a watershed event in the evolution of the internet. In a brilliant Copernican stroke, gmail turns everything on its head, rejecting the personal computer as...

Sergey Brin's dad says Google founder
not rich. (Yet.)

Sergey Brin's dad says Google founder
not rich. (Yet.) 04/27/2004 01:55 AM
USA Today Apr 27 2004 6:11AM GMT

Sergey Brin's dad says Google founder
not rich (yet)

Sergey Brin's dad says Google founder
not rich (yet) 04/27/2004 07:18 AM
USA Today Apr 27 2004 11:37AM GMT

Sergey Embarassed by Gmail Browser
Support

Sergey Embarassed by Gmail Browser
Support 04/26/2004 11:13 PM
Referring to Gmails primitive browser support, Sergy Brin (Google Founder) has reportidly called Gmails browser support level "embarassing".

Gilmore on Gmail's terms-of-service

Gilmore on Gmail's terms-of-service 04/09/2004 04:05 PM
John Gilmore has given me permission ot publish his very sharp analysis of Google's Gmail draft terms-of-service. As it stands, the ToS have some really objectionable elements. Google has a notation to the effect that this is a draft document and they are soliciting feedback on it to gmail-feedback@google.com. If these terms bother you, you could send polite feedback to Google about the parts that you find worrisome.

If they allege a "technical issue", including spam filtering, then they can access, read, preserve, and disclose anything in your mailbox. Since they probably do spam filtering for everybody (both for incoming and outgoing mail), then they have the right to read and disclose the contents of your email at any time.

Many spam-filtering services send copies of alleged spams to some central location. If they get N copies of similar messages, they declare it spam and publish the offending messages on the web. Google's right to send your spam to such services gives them the right to send ANY of your email to ANYONE -- for publication.

Link (Thanks, John!)

Google to increase Gmail's inbox to 2GB
and more

Google to increase Gmail's inbox to 2GB
and more 04/01/2005 08:22 AM
Google on Friday plans to increase the in-box storage of its Gmail Web mail service from 1GB to 2GB, and it will continue to raise that ceiling in coming weeks and months, on a rolling basis, to unspecified heights, according to a Google executive.

Testing Gmail's Spam filters

Testing Gmail's Spam filters 06/14/2004 11:32 AM
Ever wonder how long it takes to fill 1GB of mail space with spam? Aaron Pratt ( prattboy@gmail.com ) is trying to find out. He has asked people to give his email out to as many newsletters, spammers, any kind of annoying mail that he can recieve. You can see some of his results here (mirror) More…

Page y Brin: la entrevista de la
controversia

Page y Brin: la entrevista de la
controversia 08/14/2004 09:35 AM

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